Tuesday's U.S. versus Belgium World Cup game has Chef Bart Vandaele breaking one of his rules: no Budweiser.

The Belgian chef's restaurants, Belga Cafe on Barracks Row and B Too on 14th Street NW, are typically craft beer-centric. But the occasion of Vandaele's home country playing his adopted country warranted breaking the rule, he said.

The restaurants will keep track of what sells more, bottles and buckets of Stella vs. bottles and buckets of Bud — a contest that's really just for international bragging rights. (Although he noted the irony of the quintessential American beer, Budweiser, now being owned by Belgian beer conglomerate AB-InBEv.)

B Too and neighboring restaurant The Pig also have a friendly wager of their own going: If Belgium wins, The Pig will give one B Too customer a free dinner, and if the U.S. prevails, vice versa.

Despite their Belgian leanings, the restaurants will also raffle off a U.S. jersey and hang the flags of both teams. Though he cheers for Belgium, Vandaele said the two teams playing each other is actually great for business.

"We are very happy with this. Belgium and the U.S. are the two teams that have brought us the most guests as far as watchers for all the games so far," he said.

And though he expects the crowds watching the big screens to get a little rowdy, he also expects it to be a good-natured party.

"Sure, there's always going to be a little yelling, 'This is not a penalty,' or whatever. It wouldn't be World Cup otherwise," he said. "But it’s friendly. We're two civilized peoples watching soccer."

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